Download The At The Races App Handicap Stakes (Div I)

Feel The Need shaped with promise when second last time out, just 13 days ago, and has run over today's trip and going, giving him a solid situational claim here; winless in his last six starts, though our rating of 82 marks him out as the one to beat in this field.

Thapa VC's back-to-back wins three and four starts back show he can win in this grade, and his experience over today's trip and going is a clear asset carrying 139 lb from stall 2; the risk is that his last two outings have been a sixth and an eighth.

A long absence of 129 days and a rating ranking of seventh of nine make Profit Street hard to fancy, despite back-to-back wins earlier in this sequence; seventh last time out is the latest evidence, and the lengthy layoff adds further doubt, though he has distance and going experience to call on.

King of York has run over today's trip and going, and a second five starts back offers some encouragement, but he returns after 152 days off carrying 135 lb from stall 8 behind a trainer without a winner in 23 recent attempts — tough ask.

Phoenix of Dreams shaped with promise when third last time out and has experience of both today's trip and conditions, while his rating of 72 puts him among the stronger threats from stall one; the chief concern is a 149-day absence since that effort.